From Four Dreams Of LinChuan To San Yan Of Feng

Tang Xianzu and Feng Menglong were famous writers in the Ming Dynasty, they were outstanding representatives that advocated affections. Before middle period of Ming Dynasty, writers were controlled by the Philosophy of those times. With the prosperous mind theory of Wang Yangming, the literary world had literary trends about affections and human nature.Tang Xianzu enjoyed a high reputation throughout the world because of four dreams of LinChuan. He wrote dramas propelled by affection; his dramas were the fruits of affections and dreams. Tang Xianzu emphasized on affection, he explained the universal and extramundane nature of affection. Therefore, Tang' s theory opened up and promoted a field of vision of forefathers. He knew that the philosophy of ChengZhu distorted human being's nature, strangled affection and individuality. So he advocated supreme affections.Feng Menglong thought that affection went beyond the world. It put people in contact and had important social functions. Affection and philosophy had been blended in his theory.Tang Xianzu and Feng Menglong lived in later period of Ming Dynasty, but their affectional viewpoints had some differences. Tang's affectional viewpoint had miraculous romanticism: the supreme affection could surpass life and death, heaven and earth, time and space. Feng' s literary works had complex idea, because his affectional viewpoint had realistic base and widespread social contents such as ethics, morals and money. Be up against challenge of man's appetency, Tang's and Feng's literary works revealed in different forms: Tang Xianzu applied the way of self-conscious, but Feng Menglong wished that his novel could warn all of people. So he applied social force: ethics, morals and public opinion.